Durella's 2 Gbaski Sneakers

While we still await the Koko Phone, I guess we could do with some footwear fro someone who shares similar styles with the Koko Master himself.

Introducing the '2 Gbaski' Sneakers from the King of the Zanga, Durella!

I hear they are recommended for a retail price of N25,000. I guess this is where TC Records invested all that money Durella won from Zain's Advance Warning!

Rare Superman Comic Sells for $1 Million!

A rare 1938 Action Comics #1 in which the character Superman made his first appearance was actioned for $1 million on Monday 22nd February, 2010 in New York. The sale occurred between two unnamed collectors within a minute of being listed for sale.

Described as the single most important event in comic book history, the issue is one of only 100 copies believed to be in existence and one of only 2 in good condition. A similar copy which was in a not-so-good condition sold for over $300,000 about 3 years ago.

In recent months, investors have turned to art as investment options to ride through the recession.

In 1938, this issues of Action Comics #1 would have sold for about 10 cents, 15 years ago it sold for about $150,000 and this year it went for a whooping $1 million!

Soldier of Love - New Sade Album

Coming 10 years after her last effort (the highly successful 'Lovers Rock), Sade returned this month to both critical and commercial acclaim for her new album: 'Soldier of Love'. The soul songstress sold over 500,000 copies of her latest work within a week of its release in the US, thus earning a Gold status certification.

The album has received wide press covering from all sections of the media. The track listing is below:

1. The Moon and The Sky


2. Soldier of Love

3. Morning Bird

4. Baby Father

5. Long Hard Road

6. Be That Easy

7. Bring Me Home

8. In Another Time

9. Skin

10. The Safest Place

Jag of all Trades...Jesse Jags debut album

All is now set for the launch of one of the most anticipated Rap albums of 2010.

Rap artist/Producer: Jesse Abaga better known in the industry as "That other short boy: Jesse Jags" is set to release his first album: 'Jag of All Trades' on the 13th of March 2010. A launch event has been planned by his record label: Chocolate City and is billed to hold at the prestigious Tribeca, on Ademola Adetokunbo Street, Victoria Island between 7pm and 10pm on the aforementioned date.

The Future Awards 2010 Winners List

The Future Awards 2010 held on Sunday at the Muson Centre, Lagos, find below the list of winners....

Actor of the Year


Kemi Lala Akindoju

Best Use of Advocacy

Tolu Sangosanya (Dustbin Children Foundation)

Best Use of Science

Ify Aniebo

Best Use of Technology

‘Bade Adesemowo (Bincom Solutions)

Business Owner of the Year

‘Debola Lewis (Yvent Kouture)

Creative Artist of the Year

Adekunle Samuel Owolabi

Excellence in Public Service

Fatima Zara Modibbo (Human Institute of Virology)

Journalist of the Year

Rounah Agbroko (NEXT)

Magazine of the Year

Soundcity Blast

Model of the Year

Warebi Martha

Musician of the Year

MI Abaga

Music Producer of the Year

Jesse Jagz

On-Air Personality of the Year (Radio)

Maste Uwatse (Wazobia FM)

On-Air Personality of the Year (TV)

Andre Blaze (Nigezie)

Professional of the Year

Ifunanya Maduka (Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls)

Screen Producer of the Year

Kenneth Gyang ("Finding Aisha")

Sportsperson of the Year

Janet Dung (Athletics)

Style Entrepreneur of the Year

Linda Ikeji (Blackdove)

Team of the Year

Africa Youth Unite for Change (Afyuch)

Young Person of the Year

Ify Aniebo

What’s Up, Naija’s Best Albums of 2009

What’s Up, Naija’s Best Albums of 2009


By late 2008, a flurry of singles hit the airwaves from artistes like Wande Coal, M.I and Darey. This caused Nigerian music aficionados to believe 2009 would be the year of the Nigerian musician and in some ways it was. Some great albums came and conquered, some good albums came and were slept on but some terrible albums also came and the market rejected them.

Here’s our list of 2009 albums and what we think about them

Whats Up, Naija?’s Best 5 Albums of 2009

1. Mushin to Mo’Hits – Wande Coal

2. king Kong – Shank

3. Big Boy - eLDee

4. D’jinee – D’jinee

5. Life & Times of Killz Vol. 1 - Ikechukwu



Whats Up, Naija?’s Worst 5 Albums of 2009

1. Tradition – 9ice

2. Danger – P-Square

3. With all due respect press play – Olu Maintain

4. I.D entity – I.D Cabasa

5. Who Am I – Jim Iyke



Whats Up, Naija?’s Top 5 Artistes of 2009

1. M.I – For taking great music from the rocky hills of Jos to the airwaves of Lagos and the entire nation

2. Bracket – For giving us the best wedding song of the year ‘Yori Yori’

3. Darey – For those sparkling videos

4. Wande Coal – For showing the others what an album should be like

5. D’banj – For showing us the essence of building a brand



Whats Up, Naija Worst 5 Artistes of 2009

1. Terry G – For all the nonsense lyrics and repetitive beats

2. Pls feel free to add in names of your choice

The Return of Jeremiah

Jeremiah Gyang: Love Angel

It’s been over five years since his phenomenal debut opus: ‘Na Ba Ka’ and now 2010 welcomes back soulful crooner: Jeremiah Gyang, the man who first put ‘J-town’ on the musical map of Nigeria and made Hausa music acceptable to the iPod generation .

In the space of time since he’s been gone and largely off the grid, Jeremiah has travelled the world, buried his mother, introduced us to M.I and still found time to make his signature great music.

While building the tempo and necessary buzz to prepare us for his sophomore LP, Jeremiah has sung a duet with Asa - ‘Comforters Song’, crafted songs for L’ami and other upcoming artistes and performed at the recent December 2009 Rhythm Unplugged Concert in Lagos.

In the spirit of the Valentine season, Jeremiah has put out a free promo CD ‘The Return of Jeremiah’ which includes the new singles ‘In Love with You’, ‘Kaunar Allah (Ft. Skales) and ‘The Only One’.

The tone of these songs, which evoke feelings of love, not towards the artiste but towards a lover, spouse or partner, showcases a deeper and more mature sound from the artiste/producer.

The as yet untitled sophomore LP is already being touted as Jeremiah’s absolute tour de force!

82nd Annual Academy Awards

Below is the list of nominees for the 82rd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7.


Best picture

"Avatar"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

"Up in the Air"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Up"

"The Blind Side"

"District 9"

"An Education"

"A Serious Man"





Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"

Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"

Colin Firth, "A Single Man"

Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"

Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"

Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"

Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"

Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"

Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique, "Precious"

Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

Penelope Cruz, "Nine"

Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"

James Cameron, "Avatar"

Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Animated feature

"Up"

"Coraline"

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"The Princess and the Frog"

"The Secret of Kells"

Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"The Messenger"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

Adapted screenplay

"District 9"

"An Education"

"In the Loop"

"Precious"

"Up in the Air"

Best foreign-language film

"Ajami"

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos"

"The Milk of Sorrow"

"Un Prophete"

"The White Ribbon"

Best film editing

"Avatar"

"District 9"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious"

Best documentary feature

"Burma VJ"

"The Cove"

"Food, Inc."

"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"

"Which Way Home"

Art direction

"Avatar"

"The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"

"Nine"

"Sherlock Holmes"

"The Young Victoria

Cinematography

"Avatar"

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"The White Ribbon"

ITS A NEW YEAR!!!!!!

I know it's the first week of February 2010 and not January 2010 like I would want you to believe.
I'm really sorry I've been off the greid for so long...maintaining a blog is so much work! I say a big congrats to regular and steady bloggers like Linda Ikeji (http://www.lindaikeji.blogspot.com/).

How ever, D Letter C is back...Bigger and Better!!!!!